Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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Essential Health Benefits
May 2, 2013 | Issue Brief
States are allowed under the Affordable Care Act to customize their own health insurance plans to meet a required 10 categories of “essential health benefits.” While states like the flexible approach, patient advocates prefer a national standard.
Consumer-directed Health Plans
October 1, 2012 | Report
The managed care backlash of the 1990s combined with rising health expenditures led to the creation of consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs), which place greater responsibility for health care decision-making in the hands of consumers. CDHPs are in ...
Limited Options to Manage Specialty Drug Spending
April 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Spending on specialty drugs—typically high-cost biologics used to treat a variety of serious, complex conditions ranging from blood disorders to rheumatoid arthritis—has been growing at a persistently high rate in recent years.
Plan Management
May 1, 2012 | Report
This paper funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and authored by a joint team from Georgetown University's Health Policy institute and the National Academy of Social Insurance, provides insight for state and federal officials considering how they will assume responsibility for managing health plans once health insurance exchanges are established.
Use of the Integrated Health Interview Series
March 30, 2012 | Journal Article
The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has collected annual data on Americans since 1957 but multiyear analysis of the data has been problematic. This paper examines the recent Integrated Health Interview Series, which provides online access to ...
Evaluating Health Reform at the State Level
July 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine analyzed the impact of new health plans in Maine and Massachusetts that were designed to cover uninsured residents, as part of State Health Access Reform Evaluation, an RWJF national program.
'Grandfathered' Health Plans
October 29, 2010 | Issue Brief
The health reform law exempts certain existing health insurance plans from many requirements. What does that mean for consumers, insurers, and employers?
The Increased Concentration of Health Plan Markets Can Benefit Consumers Through Lower Hospital Prices
September 8, 2011 | Journal Article
The long-term trend of consolidation among U.S. health plans has raised providers' concerns that the concentration of health plan markets can depress their prices.
Section 125 Plans in the Post-Reform Environment
June 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Brief examines the impact of health reform on the tax code and individual insurance plans.
Health Tracking
March 19, 2012 | Program Result Report
Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.